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Khlaifat, Abdelfattah S. (Abdelfattah Saleh). "Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates: University of United Arab Emirates and its Development." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332689/.
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The purpose of this study was to trace the development of education, including higher education, in the United Arab Emirates. In order to complete this study, a computer search of available literature in the English and Arabic languages was constructed. The findings of this study revealed that although education at all levels has been expanded and improved, enrollment in vocational education and science remains low at the secondary level. Students also seem to avoid science and education at the college level. Based on the results of this study, further research should be conducted to determine the perceptions of alumni educational experience, community involvement in education, the role of national and multi-national cooperations in education, and women's education in relation to their participation in the labor force.
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Al-Suwaidi, Khulood Eid Khalfan. "Obesity in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2005. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=185767.
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The results of this study show that over two thirds of the population was either obese or overweight. The analysis also proved that most of the population (65%) was at risk and out of that 44% had a substantially increased risk of metabolic complications. Compared to earlier UAE reports the rates confirm that the problem is increasing in the UAE over time, and therefore constitutes a major public health problem in the UAE. Except for educational level the results show a statistically significant positive relationship between prevalence of obesity and most socio-demographic characteristics such as age, monthly income, marital status, and number of children, especially among women. Half of females were found to fall in the substantially increased risk group (49%) compared to males (35%) and at higher risk of co-morbidity associated with obesity. The results were similar to those reported elsewhere in the Arabian Gulf region, but were paradoxical to Europe where the rates were higher among males. A positive association between childhood obesity and obesity in later life and a highly statistically significant association between a history of parental obesity and the obese group were revealed. The results also show that of the total surveyed population 28% complained of back pain, followed by osteoarthritis (18%), hypertension (15%), type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (15%), hyper-lipidaemia (11%), depression (5%) and heart diseases (3%). About one half of the total of surveyed adults and, from that about a half of the obese population were incorrect in their perceptions about self-image and body perception. In contrast, the correct answers were higher among the normal group (48%) compared to the obese (19%). Only 47% of the total population were absolutely correct about the real causes of obesity.
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Murad, Nasrin A. R. "Territorial disputes in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.254481.
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Ghubash, M. O. S. "State-making in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Swansea University, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.637053.
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The central objective of this thesis is to investigate the formation and building of the UAE state, and the manner in which it guarantees its security, reproduces itself and realizes its legitimacy. The embryo of the UAE state is shown to have been conceived by a number of factors: colonial Britain, the suspected presence of oil, the influence of nationalist ideologies and the internal efforts at achieving political integration. The UAE has variously been described as a unitary state, as a federation, and as a confederation. Differences in the evaluations of the nature of the UAE are, in part, the result of a perception of it as a static rather than dynamic entity. Observers who view it as a federal state primarily relate to its first seven years of existence (1971-78), while those with a unitarian view emphasize the efforts of consolidation in the following two years (1978-79). The confederalist perception is more apt to describe the ensuing period, from 1980-94, when the cabinet, in effect, revoked its supremacy in the political life of the country in favour of the regional localities. In addition, the UAE represents a different polity to different emirates. It is a binding federal system in relation to the five small emirates, but is a confederated structure in relation to Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Power in the Union has gradually been concentrated in the hands of the two major emirates, who evolved over time and acquired many features of real states, but who chose to mask their statehood by an inward-looking state-building while treating their partners in the union as members of a subsidized commonwealth.
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Sarhan, Hashim Abdullah Sulaiman. "Drugs abuse in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/173.
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Many aspects of life have changed rapidly since the independence of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) in 1971. The economic and social changes have catapulated people from a nomadic and isolated life into a relatively luxurious lifestyle. Many of the traditional values of the indigenous people have changed and came to be influenced by the values and attitudes of those who came to work in the U.A.E. The rapid social change has been an important factor behind the appearance of many types of anti-social behaviour, of which drug use is one. As in most countries throughout the world, illicit drug use behaviour in the U.A.E. is thriving, in terms of a rapid increase in the number of users, in the amount used and in the choice by users of more dangrous substances. Drug use behaviour has moved from a small number of isolated people in some ethnic groups to many people in many different ethnic and age groups in the U.A.E. Consequently this study examines the nature of drug abuse problems in the U.A.E. It covers many aspects of drug abuse problem and the social climate in which it flourishes. These include: the prevalence rate of drug abuse; socio-economic changes in the U.A.E. and their effects on the increase of drug abuse; the effects of society's efforts and policies in attempting to reduce drug-related problems; and the effects of drug abuse on individuals, family and society. It is found that the illegal drugs trade has become a means by which some people amass their fortune, exploiting the situation of social and security gaps in the U.A.E. The open market trade policy, a fundamental cornerstone of economic in the U.A.E., offers a fertile environment for abuses such as illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and other laws violation. The findings show that rapid social change in the U.A.E. has reduced the influence of some of the social control measures such as the effect of the family, customs and tradition. The support role of the family in the new society has changed, and has been replaced by an expatriate work force. The research findings show that the large number of expatriate workers has influenced the spread of drug abuse among people in the U.A.E. Most of the expatriate workers come from drug producing countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and India. In addition to the drug producing countries, there is public acceptance for some drug use in these countries. The cheapness of drugs in the above mentioned countries in contrast to the high prices and demand for illicit drugs in the U.A.E. encouraged some of the expatriate workers and some illegal immigrants to become involved in illicit drug activities. The findings and results of the study show that the rate of drug abuse among young men is high, especially the use of heroin which is incrasing. Drug abusers who are U.A.E. citizens are more likely to be involved in drug abuse problems. Most of them are multi-drug abusers and they spend a lot of money on their drug use. Substances such as hashish, heroin, opium and barbiturates are most common types of drugs which are on the increase in U.A.E. society. The lack of a comperhensive and unambiguous policy to combact drugs in U.A.E. society is a significant factor behind the increase in problems of drug abuse in the U.A.E. Drug policy in the U.A.E. depends mainly on individual efforts and the commitment of some government organizations. These efforts are mainly concentrated in the law enforcement agencies in the Emirates and federal legislation is not always effective or welcomed in the Emirates.
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Shihab, Mohamed Abdulsalam. "Development strategy for the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Salford, 1995. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/14711/.
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Twenty years ago the UAE was one of the least developed countries of the world. Now, the UAE has achieved an income level comparable to that of the industrialized countries. The UAE did not pass through the hypothetical development "stages" that most developed countries are argued to have passed through. Rather, the UAE's large oil-revenues have enabled her to move immediately to the stage of high mass consumption. However, the UAE is still dependent on the export of a single depletable product, oil, and would be unable to maintain its economic growth if there were to be a fall in oil prices. Looking ahead to the economic development of the UAE in the twenty-first century, this thesis reviews alternative strategies of development that take into account new insights from economics and social science. The thesis explores a possible role for exports of services from the UAE, to diversify the economy and to sustain economic development. It is claimed in the thesis that there is a link between international trade in services and induced "knowledge-based" growth, which can contribute to development. The thesis concludes that a development strategy based on knowledge-based services could diversify the sources of national income in the UAE and sustain long-run economic growth performance. It explores further the policy implications of such a development strategy.
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Taryam, A. O. "The establishment of the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.370652.
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Alqutbah, Ahmed Saleh Mohammed. "Assessing police privatisation in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2017. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/23120/.
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The growth of private security companies and the privatisation of police is a development that has been witnessed around the world in both developing and developed nations. The rapid pace of transformation in policing in the UAE potentially poses severe risks to the future of policing. Different categories of risks have been identified in connection with the transference of public functions to the private sector: regulatory, economic and social risks. In the UAE, the outsourcing of policing operations to the private security sector is significantly embedded as a key policy objective driven by a wider commitment to deliver efficient public services. While the UAE and institutions are committed to applying best practice and principles in this area, a framework to assess police privatisation was lacking. The aim of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of governance, oversight and accountability of private security in the UAE. The theoretical basis for this research was underpinned by privatisation theory and principles of accountability and control systems. The research design employed an action research strategy gathering qualitative and quantitative data. Action research was adopted as a means for addressing organisational change and enabled the private and public sector organisations to adopt invigorated perspectives and stimulated engagement regarding organisational issues and cross-sector partnership. In terms of external controls influencing governance and accountability there were gaps when benchmarked against key dimensions identified in the literature. There was a lack of a comprehensive evaluation framework that addresses all dimensions and an absence of systematic and meaningful evaluation of programme effectiveness impacting sector stakeholders. Findings revealed a lack of democratic accountability and public engagement, market control in terms of self-regulation, regulatory limitations and limited engagement and trust between the public and private security organisations. Assessment of internal controls revealed moderate performance in terms of motivation and morale of security personnel and weaknesses in recruitment and training and organisational learning capacity. A framework was formulated contributing a holistic and integrated approach for assessing private security performance. The evaluation dimension contains key factors, such as evaluation criteria and evaluation mechanisms, with associated criteria specifying the nature of the content of the evaluation criteria, such as comprehensiveness and reflection of stakeholder priorities. A key change objective is the implementation of multi-level, multi-dimensional evaluation mechanisms, with compliance measures related to diverse evaluation mechanisms and regularity of evaluation. This framework reflects an embedded approach to assessing the performance of private security model evaluation as a reflexive social process that enables continuous reflection and emergent transformation.
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Al-Moalla, Sheikh Majid Abdulla. "Analysis of the United Arab Emirates' national security." Thesis, Durham University, 2017. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12282/.
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This study addresses a gap in the literature on the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) national security. It establishes a reference for further research into the analysis of national security of similar countries to the UAE based on established international relations theory. The UAE, since its establishment in 1971, has gone through exponential development and changes in terms of its politics, economics and social structures. However, attempts to develop a comprehensive approach to analysing the various aspects of maintaining the country’s existence are scarce. Any research focuses on narrow specific areas. This research analyses the UAE’s national security by using the most relevant analytical framework based on Buzan’s ‘Nature of the State’ hypothesis from the Copenhagen School of International Relations. The threats to the UAE’s impeding national security threats are addressed using the various elements in the hypothesis. These elements are the ‘idea of state’ which concentrates on the country’s state formation, the institutional framework of the UAE, and the structure of its physical base. Importantly, due to the dynamic interdependency of these elements, a threat to one can create a threat to the other elements. The researcher establishes a framework for the analysis of national security, which; because of the similarity of the political, economic and social base of the other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia), can be used to analyse their national security systems. Furthermore, the researcher addresses the requirement for further exploration of the interdependencies between the three elements composing the state and the need for a coherent approach in addressing those threats. The study is structured in five parts. Chapter one highlights the research’s introductory material. Chapter two explores the theories of national security of the major schools of international relations theories, while chapter three theorizes the UAE’s national security according to the most relevant international relations theory (Buzan’s ‘Nature of the State’). Chapter four explores the specific threats to the UAE national security and finally chapter five demonstrates the researcher’s findings and recommendations.
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Al-Ulama, Hesam Mohammed Jalil Sultan. "The federal boundaries of the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Durham University, 1994. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1436/.
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Davidson, Christopher M. "The United Arab Emirates : a study in survival." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13898.
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This present thesis seeks to account for the UAE's remarkable socio-economic development path while also attempting to explain the survival of the state's seemingly anachronistic political structures. In doing so, the thesis proceeds to set up a multi-layered framework drawing upon and reconciling elements of the two major schools of development theory. Specifically, a dependency analysis is used to demonstrate the UAE's inherited situation, including the region's historic peripheralisation, its early rentier structures, and the external reinforcement of a client elite; while a combination of rentier-dependency models and revised modernisation theories are used to illustrate the way in which the UAE's contemporary monarchies have managed to consolidate their position and secure considerable political stability, which is itself an important prerequisite of the modernisation process. With regard to the recent attempts of these 'modernising monarchies' to improve die more negative aspects of their dependency situation, it is shown that while there have been successes there have also been serious development pathologies, and in many ways these must be regarded as the hidden costs of escaping the inevitability of early modernisation predictions and the demise of tradition. Essentially, viewed within a Weberian variant of modernisation theory, the strengthening of the structures which allowed for the stability in the first place can in many cases be seen to have gone too far and has now made legal-rational objectives difficult to achieve. Finally, however, it is suggested that greater modernisation, especially in the form of positive globalising forces, may still provide solutions for these problems. Indeed, while die first wave of globalisation may have reinforced entrenched dependency structures, there are nevertheless clear indications that something of a second wave may well lead to liberalising reforms, a more diversified economy, and a stronger civil society.
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Hoffiz, Benjamin Theodore III. "Morphology of United Arab Emirates Arabic, Dubai dialect." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187179.
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This study is a synchronic descriptive analysis of the morphology of the Arabic dialect spoken by natives of the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Hereafter, the dialect will be abbreviated 'DD' and also referred to as 'the dialect' or 'this dialect'. The central focus of this study is the morphological component of DD as it interplays with phonological processes. Definitions of words are provided in the form of English glosses and translations, and are elaborated upon when the need calls for it. Layout of Chapters. This dissertation is presented in the following order. Chapter one is introductory. The historical background of the Arabic language and Arabic diglossia are discussed in this chapter. In the same vein, four descriptive models that treat the development of the Arabic dialects are discussed. The present linguistic situation in the U. A. E. is also touched upon. The aim of this research process and the methodology followed in it are also explained in it. Additionally, chapter one contains a review of the literature on Gulf Arabic, of which DD is a dialect, or subdialect, and a review of related literature. Chapter two deals with the phonological system of DD. It covers consonants and vowels and their distribution, in addition to anaptyxis, assimilation, elision, emphasis, etc. Morphology is treated in chapters three through six. The morphology of DD verbs, including inflection for tense, number and gender, is dealt with in the third chapter. Because DD morphology is root-based, the triliteral root system, which is extremely productive, is explained in some detail. Chapter four deals with the morphology of DD nouns, including verbal nouns, occupational nouns, nouns of location, etc. Noun inflection for number and gender is also discussed in this chapter. The morphology of noun modifiers is treated in chapter five. This includes participles, relative adjectives, positive adjectives and the construct phrase. Pronoun morphology, and the processes associated with it, are covered in chapter six. The seventh chapter is the conclusion. It delineates the limitations of this study and contains specific comments on observations made in the process of this research. The contributions of this dissertation and suggestions for further investigation and research are also discussed in chapter seven.
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Khouri, Khaled Mohmmed. "Marketing international sports in the United Arab Emirates." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2286.
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Haug, Kamøy Kristin. "Fluidity of law in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Toulon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017TOUL0114.
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Le concept de "fluidité du droit"' interroge les variations de l'application du droit aux Emirats arabes unis (E.A.U.). L'intention est de protéger les intérêts des citoyens émiriens contre les non-citoyens tout en imposant le droit des décideurs dans un cadre juridique arabo-musulman. Le contexte (acteurs et espèces) détermine l'adaptation du droit. Les E.A. U. ont signé des traités internationaux qui les obligent à mettre le droit local en conformité. Or, les réserves stipulées et le manque de clarté retardent ce processus. Localement, l'application du droit dépend de la variété des sources, notamment du droit islamique et de ses différentes écoles, d'une procédure législative opaque et d'un système judiciaire complexe (trois types de tribunaux, statut personnel discriminant fondé sur la notion de citoyenneté). Les limites fluctuantes entre les sphères publiques et privées font enfin planer une incertitude dans des domaines relevant de l'intime ou de la diffamation par exemple. Les autorités émiriennes exercent un contrôle sur le droit en s'appuyant sur une organisation tribale et un système de permis à tous les étages de la société émirienne. La liberté d'expression à cet égard a subi les effets du Printemps arabe de 2011. Le système de délivrance de permis s'en est trouvé renforcé pour assurer la stabilité du régime. Le droit à l'éducation, très interprétatif, montre comment les permis d'exercice interprètent différemment ce droit. Le droit du travail est aussi encadré par des permis. Les autorités émiriennes sous-traitent aux citoyens émiriens le contrôle des travailleurs étrangers. Dans le contexte d'une croissance économique exceptionnelle, des observateurs extérieurs ont interrogé les effets de cette croissance sur les droits de l'homme et les médias. Le gouvernement fédéral a très vite appris à utiliser son système pour se protéger des droits« universels». Des organisations écrans ont été créées pour répondre aux critiques exprimées en insistant sur le point de vue émirien. L'aide étrangère permet en outre d'acquérir un statut privilégier dans le domaine humanitaire. L'intention est de rendre la critique de la fluidité du droit impossible ou injuste. Vu de l'extérieur, bien des décisions émiriennes peuvent être interprétées comme arbitraires. Or, la fluidité du droit est un principe interne qui a sa logique, celle de préserver l'Etat et de le rendre résilient en cas de contestationThe notion of "fluidity of law" illuminates how the law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may change influencing what constitute a right serving the purpose of protecting national interest, continuing the rule of the rulers and protecting the interests of the citizens versus non-citizens in an Arab-Muslim setting. Equally important, this contextual law is just according to the idea of justice in Islamic law emphasizing the importance of knowing the local context before making moral judgements. On the international level, the UAE government has consented to certain core human rights treaties creating legal obligations domestically. But, the state's reservations to consented treaties and lack of clarity about the status of treaties in local law and courts creates uncertainty about implementation of treaty obligations. On the local level, a diversity of legal sources with Islamic law as primary source of law with its four interpretations in Sunni Islam, a non-transparent legislative and court system, three parallel court systems and persona! status law distinguishing citizens from non-citizens make it challenging to predict what the law may be. Furthermore, the notions of private and public in law are in constant flux in the jurisdiction indicating how what appears to be private might be public in intimate relations and how to be private in public domains through defamation legislation. Finally, this work shows how the authorities have established a system of control of rights based on traditional tribal organizations through a license system in law of rights in several spheres of society. This system of license creates hierarchy of rights, control of exercise of rights and at times outsources monitoring of other unacceptable behaviour. The sphere of expressions is examined in detail in this work as the regional upheavals in 2011 resulted in more legislation beyond licensing to protect the stability of the rulers. However, what the law is on the ground is also affected by local interpretations of rights and this will be illustrated through the right to education. Additionally, the license system in employment of non-citizens is based on a fusion between the interests of the authorities and citizens creating a system where citizens may willingly monitor non-citizens on behalf of the state. Against the backdrop of growing economic success in the UAE, outsiders were questioning the price of the boom resulting in attention from human rights activists and media. But, the government quickly learnt how to use its license system to protect itself by establishing a front organization to retaliate on its behalf. Other organizations with links to the authorities would appear. On the back of growing influence of the state, the authorities changed its way of responding to the view of outsiders on its law and rights. Foreign aid provided the state with status and influence as a humanitarian state making it harder to question the fluidity of law in the jurisdiction. While the unpredictable nature of the law in the UAE might seem chaotic from the outside and on the ground, I argue that the fluidity of law legitimises the state and makes it resilient
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Haug, Kamøy Kristin. "Fluidity of law in the United Arab Emirates." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Toulon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017TOUL0114.
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Le concept de "fluidité du droit"' interroge les variations de l'application du droit aux Emirats arabes unis (E.A.U.). L'intention est de protéger les intérêts des citoyens émiriens contre les non-citoyens tout en imposant le droit des décideurs dans un cadre juridique arabo-musulman. Le contexte (acteurs et espèces) détermine l'adaptation du droit. Les E.A. U. ont signé des traités internationaux qui les obligent à mettre le droit local en conformité. Or, les réserves stipulées et le manque de clarté retardent ce processus. Localement, l'application du droit dépend de la variété des sources, notamment du droit islamique et de ses différentes écoles, d'une procédure législative opaque et d'un système judiciaire complexe (trois types de tribunaux, statut personnel discriminant fondé sur la notion de citoyenneté). Les limites fluctuantes entre les sphères publiques et privées font enfin planer une incertitude dans des domaines relevant de l'intime ou de la diffamation par exemple. Les autorités émiriennes exercent un contrôle sur le droit en s'appuyant sur une organisation tribale et un système de permis à tous les étages de la société émirienne. La liberté d'expression à cet égard a subi les effets du Printemps arabe de 2011. Le système de délivrance de permis s'en est trouvé renforcé pour assurer la stabilité du régime. Le droit à l'éducation, très interprétatif, montre comment les permis d'exercice interprètent différemment ce droit. Le droit du travail est aussi encadré par des permis. Les autorités émiriennes sous-traitent aux citoyens émiriens le contrôle des travailleurs étrangers. Dans le contexte d'une croissance économique exceptionnelle, des observateurs extérieurs ont interrogé les effets de cette croissance sur les droits de l'homme et les médias. Le gouvernement fédéral a très vite appris à utiliser son système pour se protéger des droits« universels». Des organisations écrans ont été créées pour répondre aux critiques exprimées en insistant sur le point de vue émirien. L'aide étrangère permet en outre d'acquérir un statut privilégier dans le domaine humanitaire. L'intention est de rendre la critique de la fluidité du droit impossible ou injuste. Vu de l'extérieur, bien des décisions émiriennes peuvent être interprétées comme arbitraires. Or, la fluidité du droit est un principe interne qui a sa logique, celle de préserver l'Etat et de le rendre résilient en cas de contestationThe notion of "fluidity of law" illuminates how the law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may change influencing what constitute a right serving the purpose of protecting national interest, continuing the rule of the rulers and protecting the interests of the citizens versus non-citizens in an Arab-Muslim setting. Equally important, this contextual law is just according to the idea of justice in Islamic law emphasizing the importance of knowing the local context before making moral judgements. On the international level, the UAE government has consented to certain core human rights treaties creating legal obligations domestically. But, the state's reservations to consented treaties and lack of clarity about the status of treaties in local law and courts creates uncertainty about implementation of treaty obligations. On the local level, a diversity of legal sources with Islamic law as primary source of law with its four interpretations in Sunni Islam, a non-transparent legislative and court system, three parallel court systems and persona! status law distinguishing citizens from non-citizens make it challenging to predict what the law may be. Furthermore, the notions of private and public in law are in constant flux in the jurisdiction indicating how what appears to be private might be public in intimate relations and how to be private in public domains through defamation legislation. Finally, this work shows how the authorities have established a system of control of rights based on traditional tribal organizations through a license system in law of rights in several spheres of society. This system of license creates hierarchy of rights, control of exercise of rights and at times outsources monitoring of other unacceptable behaviour. The sphere of expressions is examined in detail in this work as the regional upheavals in 2011 resulted in more legislation beyond licensing to protect the stability of the rulers. However, what the law is on the ground is also affected by local interpretations of rights and this will be illustrated through the right to education. Additionally, the license system in employment of non-citizens is based on a fusion between the interests of the authorities and citizens creating a system where citizens may willingly monitor non-citizens on behalf of the state. Against the backdrop of growing economic success in the UAE, outsiders were questioning the price of the boom resulting in attention from human rights activists and media. But, the government quickly learnt how to use its license system to protect itself by establishing a front organization to retaliate on its behalf. Other organizations with links to the authorities would appear. On the back of growing influence of the state, the authorities changed its way of responding to the view of outsiders on its law and rights. Foreign aid provided the state with status and influence as a humanitarian state making it harder to question the fluidity of law in the jurisdiction. While the unpredictable nature of the law in the UAE might seem chaotic from the outside and on the ground, I argue that the fluidity of law legitimises the state and makes it resilient
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Blau, S. (Soren). "Finally the skeleton : an analysis of archaeological human skeletal remains from the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, School of Archaeology, Classics and Ancient History, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/6611.
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Al-Shamsi, Rashed Abdulaziz. "Psychographics and VALS system as marketing segmentation approach by business establishments in United Arab Emirates." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1888.
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Psychographics is the principal technique used by consumer researchers as an operational definition or measure of life style. One aim of psychographics is to provide quantitative measures of consumer lifestyles, in contrast to soft or qualitative research from focused group interviews, depth interviews and similar techniques. The scope of this thesis is to discuss the psychographics analysis and life system in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a tool of marketing communication segmentation.
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Obaid, Asma Ali. "Multiculturalism in the United Arab Emirates a case study of multiculturalism in Dubai /." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 2009. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=25225.
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Al-Maawaly, Nura. "Demoneycrazy : A case study of the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Social Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-2245.
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Al-Yassi, Ibrahim I. "Planning for teacher supply in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270766.
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Al-Hosani, Ali Ebrahim Abdulla. "Constitutional and judicial organisation in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.328599.
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Al, Awadi Abdulrahim Yousif M. S. "Implementing crimes against humanity in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.439870.
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Alshamsi, Reem Saeed Salem. "Evaluation of migration governance in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Durham University, 2018. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12834/.
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The central idea of this thesis is to develop a migration governance framework that helps policymakers achieve a balanced, sustainable migration path for the UAE, by focusing on potential policies that strike a balance between benefits and costs implications of migration. The research is motivated by the growing debate on effective migration governance, which should be balanced through the simultaneous development of legal and institutional structures that support a migrant-friendly environment and policies that maximise the social-economic benefits of migration. A mixed-method research design is employed. Primary data was collected through structured questionnaire and is used with secondary data to provide a robust analysis of the effectiveness of the legal and institutional structures of migration governance and an empirical evaluation of the potential costs and benefits of migration in the UAE. The findings suggest that attracting relatively low-skilled migration may have a negative impact on the productivity of the UAE’s economy, potentially increasing youth unemployment, and worsening demographic inequality. The implication is that there are gaps in the policies which are designed to promote the positive experience of migrants in terms of their rights, as well as those which are designed to maximise the gains of migration. Consequently, this study proposes a three-dimension framework for evaluating the legal and institutional capacity aimed at creating a migrant-friendly environment and the associated economic, social and demographic outcomes. Crucially, the UAE’s index of migration governance, generated from the framework, shows that, compared to the standard benchmark, the UAE is less than half way towards developing migration policies that will lead to a balanced, effective migration governance system. The policy implications of the findings include the following. On promoting migrant-friendly environment, the focus should be on enacting universal labour protections, including the ratification of relevant international conventions that fully protect all classes of migrants. On maximising the net benefits of migration, policymakers should focus on policies that strategically shift the structure of the economy towards a high-skilled, knowledge-based economy, which is necessary for attracting high-skilled migrants with a consequent positive impact on productivity, employment and demographic stability.
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Sarwar, Shagufta. "Investigating employee engagement in SMEs in United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Swansea University, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.644533.
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This thesis is focused on gaining a deeper understanding of the phenomena of employees' engagement at work, along with, exploring its antecedents and consequences within the confines of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the United Arab Emirates. Employee engagement has garnered lots of interest in the last two decades in both the academic and the practitioner communities particularly, with respect to large corporations. However, research in small- and medium-sized firms has somewhat lagged behind. Given that the practical interest in employee engagement at work has outstripped the available academic evidence, the current work seeks to answer the fundamental questions like how can engagement be increased and how and why it benefits individuals and organisations. Hence, a three-component model of employee engagement was proposed whose academic significance stems from two facts. First, engagement as a construct was studied through the theoretical lens of the social exchange theory which is underpinned by the concept of the reciprocity norm that governs the interactions at the workplace. The less formal structure of SMEs enabled the understanding of a bidirectional transaction and its implications on the phenomenon of engagement. Second, given the paradigm shift in the UAE's economy from a fuel-based model to a service-based model made it worthy to examine what was happening in 90% of the registered businesses. According to the Department of Economic Development, SMEs account for 92% of the economic contribution in the non-oil sector and employs up to 86% of the workforce in the UAE. Although the concept of employee engagement has grown in popularity, it has undergone significant development in terms of definition, measurement and conceptualisation while the research in the academic community has lagged behind. Having an in-depth review of the existing engagement literature from psychology, human resources, organisational behaviour and management fields, the author recognised that there was a need for not only theory verification (to test the predetermined factors in a new context) but also theory generation (uncovering of any additional factors) with respect to the concept of engagement. Based on this, a mixed methodology approach was adopted for the purpose of this study. Both survey design and detailed one-to-one interviews were utilised to investigate the relationships among antecedents and consequences of employee engagement in the SME setting. In particular, this study provided a theory-based empirical evidence regarding whether the relation with the employer, the relation with colleagues, the provision of performance feedback and good conditions in workplace affect employee engagement. Furthermore, the study also investigated how employee engagement directly and indirectly leads to better job performance, lower intention to leave, increase organisational commitment and reduction in employee cynical behaviour. The sample size comprised of 341 surveys (SME employees) and 56 interviews with employees and owners/managers respectively.
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Vinke, Jeannette. "Sustainability reporting in the United Arab Emirates : institutional insights." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/2737.
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This thesis attempts to answer the following research question: “What social and institutional factors impact on the current state of affairs concerning the disclosure of social and environmental reporting of listed companies in the UAE and how do they affect the potential for change?” A social constructionist viewpoint is held throughout. The research question is attempted to be answered by using Neo-Institutional Theory as a theoretical lens, including the role of organisational fields as well as Institutional Entrepreneurs. The research is broken down into three phases. The first phase looks at analysing all annual reports and sustainability reports of listed companies in the UAE. The research finds that only 26 out of 148 made any Sustainability Reporting (SR) disclosure, and very few produced qualitatively good reports. The second phase consists of 33 semi-structured in-depth interviews with 22 individuals from 21 organisations. Phase 3 is an in-depth organisational study of a mini organisational field, focusing on one of the most successful organisations in SR from the original sample of 148, as well as an interdependent network organisation. Phase 2 and 3 reveal that there are a complex number of issues currently hindering institutionalisation of SR to occur. However, there are some positive elements that could aid change in future. The research finds the following: The level of SR in the UAE is generally low, as might be expected based on previous research. There are, however, exceptions where companies actively promote sustainability and SR. The cultural context plays a more important role than generally recognised; small organisational fields (‘mini-fields’) play an important role in successful implementation of SR; Institutional Entrepreneurs are important; their success relies on their personal approach including commitment and resilience. For the Institutional Entrepreneur to succeed it is helpful to have a network of like-minded individuals inside and outside the organisation to connect with. The findings also suggest that influence regarding institutionalisation emanates from and towards the organisational context. Connections and interdependence play a critical role; there is evidence that change happens at a more subtle level than previously recognised.
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Saldaña, Martín Marta. "Rentierism and political culture in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/15847.
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This dissertation discusses United Arab Emirates (UAE) state-society relations in historical perspective; analyses qualitatively the Emirati political culture; examines how the latter affects governmental policies in the UAE; and evaluates both qualitatively and quantitatively the political orientations and values of the Emirati educated youth. Through a discussion of existing theoretical and conceptual approaches, and the observation of the UAE case study, it argues that an important and overlooked dimension among students of state-society relations in authoritarian rentier states is citizens’ political culture, which should nonetheless be examined within a more integrative framework of analysis. Accordingly, this study employs a refined version of the holistic ‘state-in-society’ approach (Kamrava, 2008), in combination with rentier state theory (RST) and the political culture perspective (Almond & Verba, 1963), to qualitatively discuss the general Emirati political culture (agency/input), and assess how the latter affects governmental performance/policies (output); and to evaluate, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the political culture of the educated Emirati youth as the main potential supporters or opponents (agency/input) of the ruling elite. Adding to the debate around the continued significance and scope of RST, the dissertation concludes that the rentier nature of a state does not necessarily determine its people´s lack of interest in politics, but can actually empower them to challenge authoritarianism through political socialization. The historical approach to UAE political movements and discussion about contemporary political standpoints demonstrate that governmental policies (redistributive, co-optative, repressive, or reformist) are mainly driven by domestic pressure and run parallel to historical development of domestic political activism. Hence, rentierism by itself does is not sufficient to explain state-society relations in the Gulf region. Finally, the analysis and measurement of cognitive, affective and evaluative political orientations of Emirati UAEU students reflects that there is adherence to ‘post-materialistic’ and ‘self-expression’ values among important sectors of the Emirati educated youth, which are associated with the emergence of a participative political culture (Inglehart & Welzel, 2005): an ‘aspiring participant’ political culture.
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Ibrahim, Yassin M. "The impact of culture on doctors and patients communication in United Arab Emirates hospitals." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683309.
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Badawi, Samir Farag. "The educational differences between Arab students who immigrated to the U.S.A. and Arab students who immigrated to the United Arab Emirates." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186361.
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This study examined the question of whether there was a difference in the general school experiences of children who move to a new country with an entirely different culture and language and children who immigrate to a country with a language and culture that is similar to their native culture. It was noted that existing literature had stated that immigrant children's school experiences can be affected by any attitudes about the country of immigration and its people which they pick up from their parents as well as from the degree of parents' willingness to interact with the new culture. Based on these postulates, it was predicted that being in a culture different from one's own makes for far more problems in school than merely language or academic difficulties. Subjects in the study consisted of Arab families whose children were attending school in either the United States of America or the United Arab Emirate and who had one or more children in the fourth or fifth grades. All data were collected using researcher-designed questionnaires given to parents, children, and their teachers. Four research questions were formulated which examined the general school experiences of Arabic school children who immigrated to the United Arab Emirate or to the United States. The findings reveal that U.A.E. parents held more positive views of their children's school experiences than did U.S.A. parents. However, children in both U.A.E. and U.S.A. show positive views in terms of general school experiences. Teachers' perceptions of children's school adjustment and level of school success did not differ in association with cultural differences. Both descriptive (computation of frequencies and percentages) and inferential (t-tests, chi square) analyses were conducted. Findings revealed several differences in association with differences in the similarity/dissimilarity of the country of immigration to the country of birth for parents, children, and teacher groups. The study recommended that objective measures, more social variables, gender differences, time period of immigration, different level of schooling, language proficiency and method of teaching be investigated in the future.
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Smith, Megan Theresa, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "Mental wellness in United Arab Emirates female post-secondary students." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. :|bUniversity of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education,|c2011, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3078.
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The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the prevalence of mental illness in a nonrandom
sample of undergraduate female Emirati students in the United Arab Emirates. In
addition, students’ views and attitudes towards counselling were solicited. One hundred
and twenty-three women completed Golberg and Hillier’s (1979) 28-item scaled version
of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). The GHQ-28 revealed a high prevalence
of mental illness (51%) among the students surveyed, using a GHQ-28 threshold of eight.
Furthermore, students reported they held favourable views towards counselling despite
never having sought counselling services. The differences between American/European
and Arab views of mental illness are explored as one of several limitations to this study.
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Almuaini, Abdelrahman H. "The enforcement of copyright law in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 2009. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=33527.
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Zayed, Reem. "The epidemiology of congenital hypothyroidism in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2006. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/20760/.
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The newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism (CR) started in the West in the sixties. The guidelines for screening were introduced in the majority of western countries some 30 years ago and were adapted in 1997 by the World Health Organization. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) started newborn screening for CH in 1998 and was considered one of the leading countries in the Middle East to apply this programme nationwide. Before newborn screening for CH in the UAE, little was known about the epidemiology of the disease in this part of the world which shares the same epidemiological pattern of the Gulf region and the Middle East This nationwide study investigated the epidemiological pattern of CH in the UAE in terms of assessment of biological and environmental components and their significance in the relatively increased incidence of the disease in this community compared to the worldwide incidence (1:30004000). This study employed radioimmunoassay technique used by the newborn screening programme to measure the capillary Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSR) for all newborns at the week of age. In addition, chemical and radiological techniques were employed to screen for positive cases. Firstly, cases detected have been studied in terms of prevalence of the disease in the UAE in relation to other parts of the world and the definition of the epidemiological components and its association to the prevalence of the disease. The study included the investigation of the genotypic pattern of congenital hypothyroidism in the UAE among certain cases with familial dyshormonogesis phenotype. The results show high incidence of the disease compared to the worldwide incidence and also it showed a specific epidemiological pattern. Secondly, the study employed the data obtained in newborn screening for CH in a longitudinal study of TSR pattern of the population and its use to monitor the iodine uptake of this population. This part of study also studied other important implications of the TSR pattern which included the TSR surge and the prevalence of sub clinical cases in which TSH is the main monitor. Thirdly, the study evaluated the controversial issues in the newborn screening programme in the preanalytic and post-analytic phases of the programme. The role of incorporation of the pre and post analytical quality control of the programme in reduction of the morbidity of the disease. Nevertheless, this study provides an overview for the epidemiological pattern of congenital hypothyroidism in the UAE and forms a basic epidemiologic background for further detailed studies that would focus on the clinical aspect and prognostic outcome of the disease. It may be concluded that the clinical picture of congenital hypothyroidism has changed dramatically since newborn screening was instituted in the UAE. Population-based registers and linked-databases can provide very useful information for evaluating screening programmes, and extending current knowledge of the epidemiology of congenital hypothyroidism. This is the first epidemiological study of CH in the UAE in which data from population-based registries were linked, the epidemiologic patterns and associated factors are more representative. The study delineates the significantly increased incidence of congenital hypothyroidism compared to the universal incidence and the clear correlation of this incidence with certain risk factors. Some of these are local which pertain to this area of the world and end in constituting this specific epidemiological pattern.
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Findlow, Sally. "Higher education and national identity in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251772.
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Al-Nakhi, Aisha M. "The role of the United Arab Emirates primary school head." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.283099.
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Al-Ansari, Fatima Mahmoud. "Seed storage and the climate of the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Salford, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.304563.
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Al-Mahmoud, Mohammad Abdullah. "Harmony and conflict in the United Arab Emirates political system." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.392778.
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Al-Shayeb, Abdulrahman M. "The emergence of the United Arab Emirates official securities market." Thesis, University of Essex, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.287054.
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Al-Shaali, Khalifa Rashid Mohammed. "Crime control, policing and security in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/477b23f6-2671-4bbc-a5b5-7213411664fb.
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This thesis originated in the researcher's interest in mapping the effect on the internal security of the UAE of the economic, political and social changes that have occurred since federation in 1971, as well as exploring future threats to security. Having worked in senior positions within the security field in the UAE for many years, the researcher has experienced and studied these changes, and the many threats to security which in some cases are only beginning to emerge clearly. The thesis sets out the historical background to the political, economic, social and security development of the UAE. This is followed by an examination of the reliability of the official criminal statistics in the UAE, and specifically whether they provide an accurate picture of the state of security in the UAE. The thesis then identifies the underlying threats to security in the UAE. The thesis examines the concepts of internal security and social control, and explores the role of informal and formal organisations with respect to social control. The thesis examines informal and formal social control in the UAE and the changes that have occurred particularly since Federation, and asks whether their positive contribution to the internal security of the UAE is under threat. Several questions arise as to the role of the police - what is that role, and is it changing? Are the police currently serving social needs, and how might they he reformed and so operate more effectively in the field of crime control? The thesis also asks whether the administrative system has a clear strategy for dealing with the threats to security. The conclusions and recommendations of this thesis specifically address solutions designed to overcome the major threats to the security of the UAE, and to eliminate obstacles' to the development of an effective crime control strategy in the UAE. Proposals to remedy the shortcomings of the various law enforcement organisation's are also advanced. All these recommendations are intended to ensure a safer society in the UAE.
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Sedky, Khaled H. "Low income housing in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1994. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26021.
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The provision of houses for the tribal society in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi constitutes a major problem which greatly aggravates the housing problem in general. The major cause of this problem is that the designers of housing schemes have no sufficient understanding of the tribal traditions and requirements, necessary to provide the local people with convenient dwelling units that correspond with their social behaviour pattern. Ever since oil was discovered in Abu Dhabi, the government has developed an ambitious housing policy to serve the provision of local people with houses. The policy has been carried out for the last 25 years, where the government decided to :- 1. design convenient dwelling units for the local people; 2. plan new neighbourhoods and supply them with a sufficient infrastructure; 3. construct the dwelling units and maintain them once the local people have become their legal owners. The objectives of this policy were to provide the proper environment for the local people. There has been a great change in the design of housing schemes ever since this policy started. A number of foreign architects were involved in the development of a variety of low cost housing types, and inevitably their different cultural backgrounds influenced the design solutions. Many of their schemes use layouts and construction systems which contradict local bahaviour patterns and climatic conditions. During this period of 25 years Abu Dhabi has developed extensive experience in the field of housing but it is not always positive. This experience is worth registering, analysing and evaluating.
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Almarzouqi, Ibrahim. "An analysis of disaster vulnerability in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2017. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/31611/.
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There is a growing realisation that pre-disaster planning is an effective approach to building the resilience of nations to adverse events. There is mounting evidence that little has been done in terms of pre-disaster planning, not only in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) but also throughout much of the Islamic world. The reasons for this are twofold. Firstly, there are staggering economic developments, largely based on oil and gas revenues post World War 2, which substantially change the livelihoods, and therefore the vulnerability, of local populations. In the case of UAE, this was a move from a nomadic Bedouin pastoral culture to one of living in modern urban areas. Secondly, cities in the UAE have developed to a point where they are now global cities. City growth and development is being driven by the massive growth in immigration of foreign nationals and international businesses. In the UAE, there are seven foreign nationals for every UAE citizen. These developments have substantially changed the risk profile of the UAE. Many of the risk management strategies practiced when the UAE was mainly a nomadic society are no longer appropriate. Similarly, immigrants will bring with them different kinds risk management strategies, depending on their place of origin. Though the UAE is multi-cultural, Islam is an important part of the culture of the Emirates. The research investigates the role of Islam in disaster risk reduction. The research used a mixed methods approach for date collection. Secondary research developed the overview of the UAE vulnerability. Primary research had two parts. The first was data collection from groups of male and female community members and stakeholders in each Emirate to provide a comparative analysis of risk perception and response. The second comprised key stakeholder interviews and a focus group who had broad for disaster risk reduction. This research presents the first hazard history of UAE. A vulnerability viewpoint is used to evaluate the hazard history and findings are presented in the paradigm of natural hazards research. An evaluation of UAE’s institutionalisation of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies in the context of its international obligations, e.g. the Hyogo Framework, is undertaken. Central to the argument about the difficulties of implementing DRR is the role of Islamic culture. The research offers the results of fieldwork that explore experience of disaster and emergency at personal, community and institutional level. It offers observations, from personal experience, of the difficulty of delivering interventions in traditional Arab architecture/land use patterns for emergency services as well as the challenges of the new, high rise, concrete cities. Most importantly, it looks to the governance issue of the Muslim faith, including the Quran itself, to see if there is any obligation or requirement to take community DRR seriously. It is this emphasis on understanding Muslim faith, the backbone of local lives, which underlie new directions for DRR in UAE. The research finds that there is too great a focus on institution building as opposed to improving community preparedness. It also finds there is strong support for a greater role of the Mosques in building community resilience. The research ends with an outline of the different vulnerabilities in each UAE Emirate but also with an emphasis on the importance of Muslim faith as the backbone of the total national community and the stepping-stone to a community based DRR.
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Al-Ketbi, Humaid-Ali. "Government accounting and performance reports in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2001. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/government-accounting-and-performance-reports-in-the-united-arab-emirates(780976ee-96e2-413c-afb3-9b25e8a594dc).html.
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During the last three decades, financial reporting, performance measurement and accountability for the use of resources by the public sector have received a great deal of attention in numerous countries, especially in the developed world. This study is concerned with exploring these issues in the public sector of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and, specifically, its central government. Following an initial introductory chapter a detailed analysis of the literature relating to financial reporting and performance measurement in the public sector is undertaken. This is then developed through a detailed study of the financial reporting and auditing requirements specified under UAE law. This analysis reveals a number of weaknesses in the system of governmental reporting adopted in the UAE. As a result of the literature survey and the findings relating to the system of financial reporting by central government practiced in the UAE two key areas are then developed through the research methodology outlined in the text. Firstly, issues relating to government financial reports are examined. These include the: importance of financial reports, frequency and purposes of using financial reports, quality of financial reports, potential ways of improving financial reports, external potential users of financial reports and, finally in this section, reasons that prevent the users from reading or using governmental financial reports in the UAE. Secondly, various issues relating to performance measurement in the public sector are also discussed. These concern: the importance of non-financial information, methods of comparison, reasons for conducting performance measurement, users of performance measurement reports, reasons that prevent government units from carrying out performance measurement, procedures undertaken by the external audit for measuring performance, the quality of audit reports, ways of improving audit reports, the external potential users of government audit reports, and the reasons that prevent the external auditor carrying out performance auditing in governmental units in the UAE. Finally appropriate conclusion on the basis of the analysis is presented.
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Al-Ali, Omar E. "Police selection via psychological testing : a United Arab Emirates study." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2011. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20614/.
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The selection of effective police officers is not a new concern, but in the UAE and many other countries, particularly in Arabic-speaking contexts, these issues have not been given considerable attention until recently. Most published studies appear to focus on the relationships between psychopathological personality tests and police performance, and very little has been written about other normal personality taxonomies (such as the Big Five). This study was therefore conducted to fill this gap, with its main goal to investigate the relationships between the five-factor model of personality, general cognitive ability, emotional intelligence (El), and work-related behaviours (i.e., job performance, training performance, perceived job stress, coping with stress, and counterproductive work behaviours, or CWB) amongst a sample of current and newly hired police officers at theAbu Dhabi Police Force in the UAE.More specifically, following an exhaustive literature review, a research gap has been identified, as there is little meaningful research available on the role of normal personality traits, cognitive ability, and El in predicting work-related behaviours in police organisations, particularly within Arab countries. Accordingly, the main question in the present research was: "To what extent could the use of psychometric testing enhance the effectiveness of police officer selection processes in the UAE?" Based on this objective, three different studies were conducted. Study One (n = 30) investigated existing processes of hiring police officers at Abu Dhabi Police in the UAE. Results have indicated that although the current processes of police officer selection may be simple and cost-efficient, there are several criticisms levelled against them, such as that they are less valid and less fair, and thus more likely to lead to negative outcomes, such as poor selection and low police performance levels. In addition, senior police managers believe that using psychometric tests such as personality and cognitive ability measures in the selection process may play a role in selecting the best entry-level police officers; and that Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Extraversion are important dimensions for high performance police officers. Results of Study Two (using cross-sectional research design, and based on current officers from the Abu Dhabi Police, n = 310) and results of Study Three (using longitudinal data collection methods, and based on newly hired officers at the Abu Dhabi Police, n = 385), showed that cognitive ability, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Neuroticism, and emotional intelligence are all significantly correlated with job performance, training performance, perceived job stress, and CWB. Moreover, consistent support was found for the validity of cognitive ability, Conscientiousness, and emotional intelligence in predicting overall actual job performance. These results suggest that measuring candidates' personality traits, cognitive ability, and emotional intelligence may enhance the police personnel selection process. It also supports the validity of selecting the best applicants, rather than screening out unfit candidates to enhance police outcomes. These findings were discussed in the framework of the Big Five and El models, and their implications for police research were analysed particularly in the areas of personnel selection and training. Further research was also explored in light of the study's findings and potential limitations.
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Cameron, Gregor Ewen. "Intercultural Coaching: Developing Educational Leadership in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Curtin University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65366.
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This study backgrounds educational leadership reform in the United Arab Emirates. Various learning theory, coaching and mentoring approaches are considered within Stelter’s third-generation coaching model. Using the emerging, constant-comparative derivative of ‘grounded theory’, six case studies are analysed within an interpretive research paradigm. Data presentation and discussion considers the extent to which unique coaching and mentoring approaches are evident in this intercultural context and the set of factors that enhance or inhibit coaching relationships.
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Thurogood, Thomas L. "Learning styles: A case study from the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2006. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/321.
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Al-Shamsi, Fatima Saeed Mohammed Salem. "Industrial development in the Arab Gulf : policies and experience in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.253064.
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Khouri, Ahmed Shams. "The feasibility of establishing an internet advertising agency in the United Arab Emirates." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1971.
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The subject selected for this research project is the identification of the strategies to establish an Internet market agency in the United Arab Emirates(UAE) that offers advertising assistance via web sites to companies doing business in this country.
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Albannai, Humaid Ali Mohammad. "Combating the trafficking of women in the United Arab Emirates : a critical analysis of the United Arab Emirates legal response in the context of international law." Thesis, Brunel University, 2018. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/17141.
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a key destination and transit country for human trafficking. Human trafficking is a complex international criminal enterprise that supplies humans for many different forms of forced labour and commercial sexual exploitation. It has devastating effects on its victims. Theories suggest that human trafficking is strongly linked to migration, which would explain why it has become an urgent issue for the UAE, since its massive influx of migrants seeking a better life and economic circumstances, are habitually lured to the UAE and subjected to exploitation by traffickers. It is a situation that in recent years has tarnished the UAE's reputation to the international community and its wealthy investors. It is for all of these reasons that this thesis is concerned with human trafficking in the UAE, with a special focus on the trafficking of women, as well as the legal mechanisms and initiatives created to combat this scourge. At the heart of this investigation is Federal Law No. 51 which marked a pivotal moment for the UAE, as it was a law specifically designed to address trafficking on its territory. However, as with laws drafted by the international community, there exist difficulties with how trafficking should be construed, and with how traffickers and trafficked victims should be treated in order to effectively eliminate this crime. Ultimately, the research highlights the importance and benefits of a victim-centred human rights based approach, as opposed to the pervasive crime control one, which includes ensuring that victims are genuinely protected and fully rehabilitated to re-enter society. In addition, the research provides crucial insights from Islamic law and principles that raise significant implications for understanding how the trafficking in women should be conceptualised and dealt with in modern-day Muslim societies such as the UAE.
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AlQubaisi, Abdulla Butti. "Public relations as a marketing strategy in the United Arab Emirates." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1923.
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) became known to the world when oil was discovered. Since that tine, the country has modernized and developed into one of the largest trading centers in the world. The purpose of this research is to identify companies in the UAE who are currently using public relations, and those that would benefit from its use. The objective is to provide marketing managers with the knowledge of the benefits of public relations and how it could be used to advantage in their marketing plans. Primary and secondary data was selected for the study. Primary data consisted of a survey undertaken by a questionnaire with forty managers of various organizations in the private and public sectors of the UAE to learn how public relations was being used in their marketing strategies, and how much they know about public relations. The results of the survey indicated that most marketing managers were knowledgeable about public relations, but would benefit from learning about how it could be used to greater advantage. It was proposed that seminars be conducted for marketing managers focused on how public relations could be used and the benefits to be derived from its use.
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Houjeir, Roudaina Kamel. "Antecedents of trust in corporate banking in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2009. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/90x9w/antecedents-of-trust-in-corporate-banking-in-the-united-arab-emirates.
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How does an understanding of the antecedents of trust and trust building contribute to our knowledge of relationships in the corporate banking sector in the United Arab Emirates? How is trust operationalised? This thesis has 1) identified the interaction between bankers and their clients; 2) empirically studied both sides of this dyad; 3) investigated the extent to which the antecedents of trust are contextually dependent; and 4) drawn out the implications for relationship managers. This work fills a gap in the financial services marketing literature: it provides an understanding of the antecedents of trust and insights into corporate banking in an Arab/Muslim context. It has implications for other Gulf States and Arab cultures, and finds a significant relationship between emotions and trust. The literature on trust is vast; many surveys analyse the meanings of trust and provide typologies. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of research on the antecedents of trust. This work devises a typology of trust, classified into six antecedents: competence, reliability, integrity, benevolence, openness of communication and “antecedent” satisfaction – all with particular reference to Emirati religion, culture and shared values. Thematic qualitative analysis was deployed here through the use of semi-structured interviews with 170 respondents. Key informants in the Central Bank of Abu Dhabi and in a multi-national oil company provided triangulation. The antecedents of trust in the banking sector in an Arab/Muslim context fall into three clusters: “Cognitive”, “Affective” and “Religion, culture and shared values”. All were investigated in an Arab/Muslim context. It is shown here that the antecedents of trust for Emiratis are controlled by the key mediating variables of religion, culture and shared values. For non-Emiratis, antecedents of trust are predominantly cognitive, focusing on knowledge, skills and profit. This research reveals that additional antecedents of trust, beyond those in the literature, influence the building of trust.
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Gargash, Anwar Mohammed. "Political participation in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, 1938-1979." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1990. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251485.
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Dare, Sarah Anne Sophia. "Chrome-spinel geochemistry of the northern Oman-United Arab Emirates ophiolite." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2007. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/54747/.
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The Oman ophiolite is the largest and best preserved ophiolite in the world and records a switch from mid-ocean ridge (MOR) to supra-subduction zone (SSZ) setting. This study investigates the geochemical variability of chrome-spinel in the mantle sequence of the poorly known United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) part of the northern Oman-U.A.E. ophiolite. Extensive field work was carried out and 260 samples collected for petrogenetic studies and geochemical mapping of the U.A.E. mantle. Chrome-spinel geochemistry provides valuable information on bom the residual mantle and on the nature and extent of melt-rock reaction. In particular, it is used to fingerprint the compositions of the magmas that interacted with the mantle lithosphere. This study also develops a new method to analyse gallium in chrome-spinel by Laser Ablation-ICP-MS, and successfully uses it to improve the tectonic discrimination of chrome-spinel. The results show that the U.A.E. mantle lithosphere formed at a MOR-type setting and was modified by melt-rock reaction with MORB-type and SSZ-type melts. This history of melt infiltration strongly resembles the magmatic history of the crustal sequence in each of the Aswad and Khawr Fakkan Blocks. Geochemical mapping illustrates a strong spatial control on the pattern of melt infiltration in the mantle and constrains the proximity of each mantle domain with respect to the subduction zone. The Khawr Fakkan mantle extensively interacted with boninitic melts during subduction initiation. Thus, it was closer to the subduction zone than the Aswad mantle which predominantly interacted with island-arc tholeiite melts. Importantly, this work demonstrates for the first time that the Dibba Zone peridotites originate from pre-existing 'true' MOR mantle lithosphere between the trench and the main body of the ophiolite. A further important conclusion is that the mantle lithosphere of the northern Oman-U.A.E. ophiolite was not the source region for the SSZ magmatism. Previous workers proposed that the plane of detachment and the subduction zone were the same, which implies that the mantle of the ophiolite was the source of the SSZ magmatism. Instead, this study proposes that detachment of the ophiolite took place at a shallower level than the plane of the subduction zone and thus provides strong evidence for a subduction zone at a still deeper level. During detachment, the ophiolite incorporated slices of ultramafic rock near the trench (i.e. the Dibba Zone peridotites) as it bulldozed its way over the underlying plate and onto the continental margin of Arabia.